A couple of emails from friends of mine make me think that I should clear a few things up about a post I wrote yesterday. I certainly did not mean to suggest that Romney or his sons are “chickenhawks,” and my comment about church and state was a joke. I just think it was oddly unresponsive for Romney to cite his sons’ missionary work when asked about their lack of military service. And I have no great animus against Romney. We could do a lot worse in 2009, and probably will.